Everyone else went into the dining room.

Tonight was the last day of staying in the teaching brigade, and the food was very rich.

The cooking squad leader went to the town early in the morning to buy vegetables, and when he came back, he asked the following district team to send a squad to help carry today's food.

There are chicken, duck and fish, beer and drinks.

Today is the day of graduation of the cadets, which should be a happy day, and it is also the most important day of the annual teaching brigade.

However, Zhuang Yan and Xu Xingguo couldn't be happy.

Turning his head solemnly and with difficulty in Xu Xingguo's direction, he saw a pair of eyes full of hatred, like two sharpened awls, stabbing towards him unceremoniously.

Xu Xingguo walked towards the solemnity step by step.

Solemnity can only stand in place, and there is no way to avoid it.

At that moment, the solemnity had a magical feeling.

At one point, he even believed in the kind of fatalism that was freely arranged in the dark.

From the train station on the first day of being a soldier, I met Xu Xingguo, a recruit company, and a recruit platoon, and I went to the teaching team together and was still in a squad.

If you want to say that this is fate.

Two days ago, the two were still sitting in the back compartment of the truck, talking about ideals, relatives, and hometown, and were intimate.

In a blink of an eye, Zhou Huping's order put the two on opposite sides again.

"Xu Xingguo, come with me to the team headquarters."

Zhou Huping interrupted the confrontation between the two.

When they disappeared around the corner of the barracks, Wang Datong pushed the solemn with his hand and said, "Let's go, let's eat." ”

Zhuang Zhuang felt something blocked in his throat, and he wanted to speak but couldn't speak.

He stood there for a long time before he asked Wang Dazui: "Dazui, do you think Lao Xu will hate me to death." ”

Wang's big mouth is open, and it has become an O-shape.

He was wrong until he said it.

Say that Xu Xingguo doesn't hate solemnity? Isn't that?

But if you want to say hate, I am afraid that solemnity will also be sad.

He had no choice but to walk solemnly towards the dining hall, and comforted as he walked: "According to me, it's not a big deal, look at me, look at me, people like me have been left behind, the company commander of our company will definitely jump to my feet and scold me that I am a traitor, from now on, I will not dare to step into the gate of the 273rd regiment." ”

Zhuang Zhuang suddenly stopped, looked directly at Wang Datong and asked, "Big mouth, I said that I really didn't want to stay in the teaching team, do you believe it?" ”

The king said with a big mouth: "Faith! Why don't you believe it? Do you see that I am also confused and left behind? ”

Zhuang Zhuang suddenly felt a little hot in the corners of his eyes, and endless sadness swelled up in his heart, and said, "But Xu Xingguo doesn't believe me, I want to ...... My company commander won't believe my ......."

Wang Dazui was stunned.

Solemnity is telling the truth.

He really didn't know how to comfort him.

……

In the small conference room of the squadron, Zhou Huping sat down in a chair, looked up to Xu Xingguo, who was still standing at the table, pointed to the chair opposite, and said, "Sit down." ”

Xu Xingguo's face was very red, and his eyes were a little red.

He sat down across from Zhou Huping.

Zhou Huping took out a cigarette, took one for himself, and threw one to Xu Xingguo.

Xu Xingguo stiffened his neck and said, "I don't smoke." ”

Zhou Huping thought about it, and wanted to persuade him, but later decided not to persuade him.

A cigarette was lit, and a third of it was smoked, but the two of them still didn't speak.

In the end, it was Zhou Huping who broke the silence: "Tell me, if you have any ideas, if I can help, I will do my best." ”

Xu Xingguo's eyelids that had been drooping suddenly raised and said, "I want to stay in the team and stay in the teaching team as a soldier." ”

Zhou Huping took a puff of cigarette and said, "No, you can't stay." ”

"Why?" Xu Xingguo's eyes turned even redder, "Why am I not qualified?" ”

The white smoke had already shrouded Zhou Huping, and he said lightly: "You are the best soldier in your company, I can't leave you behind, otherwise I won't be able to explain to your company commander." ”

Xu Xingguo couldn't help it, Huo Di stood up, and his words trembled a little: "You liar, you are making excuses!" The teaching team wants to keep people, it is impossible not to keep them, so you don't care what the company thinks! ”

"I'm telling the truth." Zhou Huping said: "There are no excuses. ”

Xu Xingguo asked loudly: "Then why did you transfer me to serve as a correspondent!?" Why give me hope and take away my hope in the end!? If you hadn't transferred me to be a correspondent in the first place, I wouldn't have dared to think of staying in the teaching team as a squad leader! It's all the hope you gave me! ”

Zhou Huping still said in that calm tone: "That's right, I transferred you up, but I have my reasons." ”

Xu Xingguo asked, "What reason!?" ”

Zhou Huping extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray and raised his head to look at Xu Xingguo for the first time.

He said: "Because you are the best trained, you will not be delayed in your training results if you are called a correspondent, and it will not work for someone else." ”

Xu Xingguo sat back in his chair in a daze, as if he had lost his soul, and muttered: "Even Wang Datong can stay, but I can't keep ......"

He laughed coldly twice.

Zhou Huping said: "You and Zhuang Zhuang are in the same company, and you can't keep two people in a company, so the division will not agree." ”

Xu Xingguo said: "Then why can I stay solemnly, but I can't?" What am I worse than him!? ”

Zhou Huping lit another cigarette and said, "He just isn't as good as you, so I asked him to stay and let you go back, which is fair to Tie Balian." ”

"But it's not fair to me!" Xu Xingguo stood up again, "Captain Zhou, are you fair to me?" Have you ever thought about my feelings? ”

Zhou Huping remained silent: "I have thought about it and considered it, so the outstanding students will give it to you as compensation." ”

"I deserve it!" Xu Xingguo's tears finally couldn't be held back, and the brush flowed down, "I deserve to be an excellent student!" On training, on style! What am I worse than others?! This outstanding student was originally mine! ”

Zhou Huping was silent for a moment and did not speak again.

In the end, he stood up and said to Xu Xingguo: "Whether to stay or not, that is the decision of the teaching team, what you want to be a soldier is to obey orders, and if the teaching team does not keep you, it does not mean that you are not good, it just means that you are not suitable here." ”

He walked to Xu Xingguo's side, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You will definitely make great achievements in the 273rd Regiment, your student files are written by me personally, and the other appraisals of the whole squadron are all ghostwriters, I am only responsible for passing the eyes, yours is the best written, which will help you work after you go back." ”

Seeing that Xu Xingguo was still standing in place, he sighed and said, "Let's go down and eat, I'll have a drink with you." ”

With that, he left the conference room and disappeared at the top of the stairs.

Xu Xingguo stood all the time, not moving for a long time, like a statue carved in stone.

In the direction of the canteen, there was one "dry" after another, which was the wine horn shouted by the students when they were drinking and toasting.

In winter, the sky is dark early, the shadows of the trees swaying outside the window, the cold wind blows, and the wooden clips on the newspaper racks in the conference room collide with each other, making a lonely crackling sound.

Xu Xingguo finally couldn't help it, sat back in the chair, and the person lay on the conference table, crying.